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Our CAF (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand Vocabulary) strategy this week is: CHUNK IT! A chant we say to help us remember this Accuracy strategy is: CHUNK IT, CHUNK IT, Find parts you know! So encourage your child to practice this strategy at home when he/she comes to an unknown word. During Read to Someone we have been learning different ways to read with a partner. Have your child share with you the different ways we get to read with a partner in our classrooms:

BE Respectful, BE Responsible, BE Fair-Minded

Mrs. Brinkman jody.brinkman@thompsonschools.org 679-9531 Mrs. Saya janelle.saya@thompsonschools.org 679-9530 Mrs. Workman- melissa.workman@thompsonschool.org 679-9548

COPYCATI Read, You Read Check For UnderstandingWho? What? Where? Retell the story Coach? Or Time?

Writing
This week we wrote about how we help at home. We have worked hard on effectively using our Umbrella Planner to organize our thoughts in order to create a great piece of writing. We will share these planners with you at Parent/Teacher Conferences. Another DLI(Daily Language Instruction) packet is coming home in your childs backpack. The purpose of DLI is to work on the conventions in our writing. If there are sheets that come home we didnt get to, please use them to do some extra practice at home.

Reading
Our kiddos are doing a great job of becoming INDEPENDENT during our Daily 5 Literacy Workshop time. We continue to build our Stamina during:
READ TO SELF, WORK ON WRITING READ TO SOMEONE, WORD WORK

STAR OF THE WEEK

1B- Noah Armstrong 1S- Ana Meschievitz-Roman 1W- Molly Westbrook

Homework
September homework is due Tuesday, October 4th! We will be eating in the classroom with all the students that turned in their homework on time. October Homework came home today in your childs VIP Folder.

V.I.P

(Very Important Paper)

Folders

Be sure to be reading every night and color a pumpkin in for every 15 minutes of reading that you do. Also, be sure to choose at least 10 activities on the back of the homework sheet!!

I Can Read Notebooks

Thank you for returning the V.I.P folders and I Can Read Notebooks! Just a reminder that they come home every Friday and are due on Monday. It is very important that the I Can Read Notebooks come back to school on Monday as we use these during our Read to Self time throughout the week.

WEAR BLUE ON MONDAY, October 3rd in support of a Bully Free School!!! Math
This week in math, we have been focusing on solving story problems. We are working on showing and explaining our thinking through words, pictures or numbers. When solving a story problem, here are the steps that we follow:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Read the problem Re-read and Visualize Retell the story problem Highlight important information Solve the problem Show and explain your thinking

Science
WE ARE GOING BUGGY! Our room is filled with mealworm larva and pupa, caterpillars and live crickets!! We are learning about the life cycle of these lovely critters and why they are important in our environment.

Parent Helpers
Thank you to all the parents that attended our Parent Helper Training. We are looking forward to getting started and having you in our classrooms. If you were unable to attend the training, and would still like to help in the classroom, please contact your childs teacher ASAP. We would like to finalize our schedules by next week. Thank you for your help! These are the days/times/things we need help with: Tuesdays- 8:40-10:15 (One on One reading) Thursdays-8:40-10:15 (One on One reading) Fridays- Anytime (Teacher stuff) Math Club- TBD Room Moms/Dads/Grandparents

WANTED
Treasure box goodiestoys, trinkets, books, stickers, ANY extra stuff you want to get rid of that might be someone elses treasure as a reward for great behavior!!! Please send items in with your child any time throughout the year! We treasure your support in keeping our box filled with goodies!!!

Parent-Teacher Conference Looking forward to visiting with all of you next week and celebrating all of your childs hard work in first grade!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Parent/Teacher Conferences October 3 - October 6 Ocotber 3WEAR BLUE October 4HOMEWORK DUE October 4WALK TO SCHOOLDAY! (Information was sent home with your child last week regarding Safe Routes To School) No School- October 7